Last year my daughter’s volleyball team traveled extensively, and although it was somewhat manageable for an eighth grader, we didn’t think this was the right choice for her when she began high school. This year she played on a Power League team that didn’t have any travel tournaments (no airplane travel), and it turned out … More Our Weekends Lately…
After enjoying a couple of days of sightseeing in St. Paul and Minneapolis, our focus was now on the reason why we were in Minnesota in the first place, the 2017 USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championship. This was my daughter’s third year of playing club volleyball and the first time for her team to … More Minneapolis, Minnesota: Things to Do and USA Volleyball Junior Nationals
One of our latest campervan excursions took us to Reno, Nevada where our daughter played in one of the biggest volleyball tournaments around. It was Far Westerns weekend! Far Westerns is a volleyball national qualifier tournament for girls 12-18 years old from all different divisions/levels. The tournament is so big (greater than 1000 teams, 15000 players … More Far Westerns National Qualifier 2016
Although we would love to be able to take a family campervan trip every weekend, the reality is that other obligations take precedence, not to mention the weather doesn’t always cooperate. One big commitment that takes up a big chunk of our weekends from January through May is my daughter’s volleyball tournaments. Technically, they are campervan trips because … More Volleyball tournament weekends
